Check out the NEW ADVOCATE ONLINE: www.advocatenews.net Vol. 31, No.40 -FREEwww.advocatenews.net Free Every Friday Patriots crush Lynn English Bulldogs to even record 781-286-8500 Friday, October 7, 2022 Long-awaited launch of legal sports betting in Mass. looms closer Key Gaming Commission meeting held yesterday where timeline for getting sports betting up and running was key topic PICK SIX: Revere’s Edwin Amaya carries the ball into the endzone for a touchdown after recovering a Bull Dog fumble on Friday. By Greg Phipps I t looks as if the Revere High School football team has found its way after getting off to a rough start this season. The Patriots have outscored the opposition 109-22 over the last 10 quarters and evened their record at 2-2 by crushing Greater Boston League foe Lynn English, 47-0, last Friday night at Harry Della Russo Stadium. Since kicking off 2022 by being outscored 68-0 through its fi rst six quarters of football (including a 40-0 loss at Peabody in the season opener), Revere has turned things around and FOOTBALL | SEE Page 16 State Rep. Jessica Giannino and State Senator Lydia Edwards Announce Endorsements Of Each Other REVERE - State Senator Lydia Edwards and State Rep. Jessica Giannino are proud to endorse each other to represent Revere on Beacon Hill. “Since she was elected, Senator Edwards has hit the ground running, working hand in hand with me to support the City of Revere,” said Representative Jessica Giannino. “As a young girl growing up in the city, I was always represented by strong women in the House of Representatives. It has been an honor serving alongside such a strong and fearless female in the Senate." "Representative Giannino is a tireless advocate for her constituents in Revere and Saugus. She has shown up when WIN proposed a dangerous expansion of their ash landfi ll in Saugus, when the Point of Pines was in need of a new fi rehouse, and has pushed for needed reforms to the Revere School Committee. I am proud to support her," said Senator Lydia Edwards. About Lydia Senator Lydia Edwards is a career advocate, activist, and voice on behalf of society's most vulnerable. She was raised all over the world by her military mom but chose to make East Boston her home. Prior to being elected to the State Senator Lydia Edwards and State Representative Jessica Giannino are shown with Dan DiRocco and Jonathan Cimino of the Laborers Union on Broadway, Revere following their announcement to endorse each other int eh next election. (Courtesy photo) State Senate and Boston City Council, Lydia worked extensiveSUPPORT | SEE Page 3 Encore Casino in Everett is already set to being accepting sports betting customers when the Mass. Gaming Commission gives the go-ahead. (Courtesy Photo) By Steve Freker A distinct timeline when legal sports betting in Massachusetts could offi cially launch across the state was expected to be voted on yesterday at a key meeting of the Massachusetts Gaming Commission. Gaming regulators appeared poised to shed signifi cant light Thursday on the process they will use to select the sports betting outfi ts that will be allowed to operate in Massachusetts and the timeline for getting both inperson and online betting up and running. The Gaming Commission’s BETTING | SEE Page 15 Traffic Commission hears concerns on Sigourney and Derby changes By Adam Swift D espite concerns that new traffic configurations on Sigourney Street and Derby Road are causing headaches in the surrounding neighborhood streets, the new patterns will continue for at least one more month. However, at last week’s Traffic Commission meeting, the commission did agree to recommend the city undertake a comprehensive traffi c study of all the streets along Squire Road in hopes of coming up with a traffi c plan that addresses the larger concerns of the neighborhood. In August, the Traffic Commission approved a 60-day trial changing the directions on Sigourney and Derby in response to concerns about decades of heavy traffi c from motorists using the roads as a cut through between Malden Street and Squire Road. Derby Road is normally one-way coming off Squire Road all the way to Malden Street. The change made the lower half of Derby Road from Grover Street oneway going out to Squire Road, while the upper half of the road toward Malden Street remained unchanged. Conversely, Sigourney Street switched to a oneway street going from Grover Street toward Malden Street, TRAFFIC | SEE Page 16
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